Technology of breast cancer screening:current situation and prospect / 中华健康管理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer is the first malignant tumor of women, and the incidence is still rising. Although the overall survival rate of breast cancer is high, the difference in prognosis is significant with different stage. Finding the patients at early stage and commencement of therapy timely by breast cancer screening is the key to reduce the incidence and improve the survival rate. At present, clinical breast examination, ultrasonography, mammography and MRI are still the most common methods for breast cancer screening, but in view of the specific technology and specific population it remains controversial as to which techniques are the best, especially the value of ultrasonography still needs to be confirmed in randomized clinical trials. With the constant improvement of technologies and programs, the breast cancer screening work will be more standardized and optimized.